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Our privacy policy

North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (NEAS) is committed to protecting your privacy, in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018. We will not use any information we may hold about you for any purpose other than that for which it was collected. This privacy policy explains how we use any personal information we collect about you when you use this website and/or our services.

Data Controller and Data Protection Officer

NEAS is a registered Data Controller with the Information Commissioner’s Office.

The Data Protection Officer is the person to contact if you would like to know more about how we use your information and they can be contacted at: information.governance@neas.nhs.uk

Your right to complain

We work to high standards when it comes to processing your personal information. If you have queries or concerns, please contact us on information.governance@neas.nhs.uk and we will respond.

If you remain dissatisfied, you can make a complaint about the way we process your personal information to the Information Commissioner’s Office, the contact details are as below: Information Commissioner’s Office Wycliffe House Water Lane Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

Retention of Records

Our Records Management Policy sets out rules for records management and retention. This Policy is based on Records Management Code of Practice for Health and Social Care 2016, which sets out what people working with or in NHS organisations in England need to do to manage records correctly. It's based on current legal requirements and professional best practice.

When you use this website

Visitors to our website including those who complete web forms

When someone visits www.neas.nhs.uk, we use a third party service, Google Analytics, to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. This information does not identify anyone. We do not make, and do not allow Google to make, any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website.

People who contact us via social media

We use a number of social media platforms to manage our social media interactions. If you send us a private or direct message via social media the message will be stored on the platform or system which you used to contact us. It will not be shared with any other organisations.

People who email us

We use Transport Layer Security (TLS) to encrypt and protect email traffic. If your email service does not support TLS, you should be aware that any emails we send or receive may not be protected in transit. We will also monitor any emails sent to us, including file attachments, for viruses or malicious software.

People who communicate to us for complaints, compliments and comments

We will only use the personal information we collect to process the complaint and to check on the level of service we provide. We may compile and publish statistics showing information like the number of complaints we receive, but not in a form which identifies anyone.

We will keep personal information contained in complaint files for 10 years.

People who contact us for commercial training

You can read more about what to expect when NEAS collects personal information for paramedic-led first aid, health and safety and trauma training here.

Journalists who contact us

Whenever we are called by a journalist, we record your name, email address, phone number and media organisation. This is so that we can contact you with answers to your questions, but also so that we have a record of your inquiry.

NEAS takes the view that, as a category 1 emergency responder under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, we have an obligation to keep you informed and updated on developments.

We also believe that, as an emergency service, we have a public interest duty to keep you informed. This means that we will not be asking for your consent to keep your details. The information held is controlled by NEAS communications staff and will be used to contact you with information relating to journalistic inquiries about the public services we provide. We will also use this information to contact you to events, photo-opportunities, interviews and briefings about other health-related issues, products and services that we feel may be of interest to you.

Cookies

'Cookies' are pieces of information stored by your web browser. NEAS may use cookies to track usage of our site and use this information to improve the site. If you would prefer not to receive cookies, you may alter the settings of your browser to refuse cookies. If you choose to do this, it is possible that some areas of our site will not function as effectively when viewed by you. A cookie cannot retrieve any other data from you or pass on computer viruses. A cookie does not hold any information about which sites you visited before this one. You can read more about our cookies here: /cookies.aspx.

Other websites

Our website contains links to other websites. This privacy policy only applies to this website so when you link to other websites you should read their own privacy policies.

Changes to our privacy policy

We keep our privacy policy under regular review and we will place any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 25 May 2018.

People who contact us for NHS care and treatment

NEAS provides NHS care and treatment for people living in North East of England, and as a Trust we:

Information we collect for recruitment and employment

Information we share with external service providers

We use some external providers to help us provide you with the service you require. We share some of your information with them to enable them to provide these services. They cannot do anything with your personal information unless we have instructed them to do it. They will not share your personal information with any organisation apart from us. They will hold it securely and retain it for the period we instruct.

Data Protection Impact Assessments

A Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) helps the Trust to identify, assess and mitigate any potential privacy risks that may arise when processing personal data. DPIAs are now a mandatory requirement for any changes to current data processing practices, the launch of a new project or the adoption of a new practice or system which involves personal data. All completed DPIAs are submitted to the Information Governance Working Group for review and approval. The membership includes the Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO) and the Data Protection Officer (DPO).